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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Stem Sawflies (Cephidae) » Cephini » Calameuta » Calameuta clavata
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Wasp - Calameuta clavata - female
Copyright © 2010 Phil Huntley-Franck

Wasp - Calameuta clavata - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
June 7, 2010
I think it's ovipositing. Ichneumon?
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 6 October, 2010 - 4:26pm
Last updated 18 March, 2023 - 10:57pm

Moved
Moved from Cephini.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 18 March, 2023 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cephus or Calameuta.
… v belov, 6 June, 2015 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stem Sawflies.
… v belov, 19 November, 2010 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Cephidae
A stem sawfly, Cannot see generic characters, but either Cephus sp. or Calameuta sp. Larvae of both feed inside stems of grasses. This one does appear to be ovipositing.
… Dave Smith, 24 October, 2010 - 6:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 22 October, 2010 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Ovipositor
The ovipositor looks sawfly-like and too stout and flat for an ichneumonid. Perhaps soome kind of cephid.
… Bob Carlson, 21 October, 2010 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 October, 2010 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

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